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Tiger Woods will be the sole player on the five-man team involved in negotiations with the Public Investment Fund as the PGA Tour tries to strike a deal with the Saudi backers of LIV Golf.
Woods joined the PGA Tour board back in August 2023, becoming the sixth player-director and the only one whose board term has no limits.
According to the tour, Woods will be part of the 'transaction subcommittee' on the board of PGA Tour Enterprises. The subcommittee will handle day-to-day talks as PIF seeks to become a minority investor.
Also on the subcommittee are PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan, board chairman Joe Gorder, John W. Henry of Fenway Sports Group and Joe Ogilvie, a former tour player appointed as a director liaison in March.
The subcommittee reports back to the full board.
Tiger Woods will be the sole player involved in negotiations with the Public Investment Fund
PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan (pictured) will also be on the subcommittee
The developments capped a day that began with Rory McIlroy losing the inside track on rejoining the board as Webb Simpson's replacement when board members resisted his return.
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'I think there was a subset of people on the board that were maybe uncomfortable with me coming back on for some reason,' McIlroy said at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina, where a $20 million signature event is being played.
Simpson had offered to resign, but only if McIlroy were to replace him. When a player director resigns, the other players on the board have to unanimously agree on a successor. McIlroy resigned from the board in November, and the players selected Jordan Spieth to replace him.
The seven players - Woods, Spieth, Simpson, Ogilvie, Patrick Cantlay, Adam Scott and Peter
